Improvement in buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME B. R. HARDEMAN, OF TEHUAOANA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND E.W. FOSTER, OF SAME PLACE. V

IMPROVEMENT IN BUGKLES.

'Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,037, dated June 18,1872.

Specication describing a new and Improved MAN, of Tehuacana, in thecounty of Limestone and State of Texas.

This invention relates to a new buckle, which is provided with two twotongues on the same pivot, and with a guard for securing the same andthe straps in position, thereby producing a simple and reliable means ofconnecting two straps.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a top View, and Fig. 2a longitudinal section of my improved buckle.

-Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawing represents the frame of :the buckle, of rectangular orother form. B is the pivot for the two tongues a and b, it being a rigidcross-bar in the frame. Another such cross-bar, d, is also formed in theframe, as shown. The tongue a is plain and short, and rest-s on the endof the frame. The tongue b is a forked wire, with a vertical prong, e,at the outer end, said end tting through the slotted end pieces f of theframe. gis a guard or cross-piece above the middle of the frame.

One strap, C, is drawn through the slotted piece f, laid around thecross-bar d, and then again drawn through the piece f, asin Fig. 2..

The prong e of the tongue b is then let down through it and the piece f.The other strap, D, is buckled by the tongue a in the ordinary manner,and then drawn under the guard g, so as to rest on the tongue b and holdit down, preventing it from being raised out of the strap O.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The buckle-frame A, provided with crosspieces B d,slotted end piece f, tongues a b, and guard g, all arranged to operatesubstantially as herein shown and described.

JEROME B. R. HARDEMAN.

Witnesses R. H. WADE, J. T. HAY.

